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' Patented June '7, 18817.

Zd@ C@ @E Q UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE TLLER, or sTE. eEoIX, SWITZERLAND, AssIGNoE To LARI) a co., or NEW YORK, N. Y.

M. J. Para.

'MUSIC-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,554, dated June 7, 1887.

Application filedApril 13, 1857. Serial No. 31,569. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, EUGENE TLLER, of

Ste. Croix, Canton de Vaud, in the RepublicL from the music-box and replaced by another.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved music-box of this kind which is simple in construction, permits of removing and replacing the cylinder very easily and rapidly, and which works perfectly.

The invention consists in the combination, with a comb and drivinggear, of suitable supports for the shaft of the removable cylinder and a spring-latch for holding the cylinder in place and pressing it longitudinally,'in the manner that will be fully described and set 4forth hereinafter, and finally pointed out in the claims.

ln the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of my improved music-box. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal detail view 0f the latch at one end, parts being in section. Fig. 3 is a detail view ofthe inner end of the latch. Fig. 4 is a detail side View of that end of the cylinder opposite the one shown in Fig. 2, parts of the driving-gear being in section. Fig. 5 is an inside view of the driving-wheel, the cylinder-shaft being in section.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The comb A is fastened on the base-plate A in the usual manner. The usual springs are contained in one or more spring-barrels, B, of the usual construction, one of which is provided with a cog-wheel, C, engaged with a pinion, D, on a tubular shaft, E, which is mounted to revolve on a fixed shaft, F, said tube E being also provided with abearing, E. O11 one end of the tubular shaft E the cogwheel G is mounted, through the center of which the xed shaft F projects, and said fixed shaft has a recess, F', in its end for receiving one pointed end of the shaft H of the cylinder J, which will be described hereinafter.

The usual retarding-gear, l, is operated by ward the end of the cylinder-shaft.

suitable transmitting-wheels from the. wheel G. On the wheel .G- a disk, K, is held by means of pins K', or otherwise, and is provided with a U-shaped or like notch, L, extending from the rim to the center andv serving to receive the lug M, fastened on the end of the shaft H, saidV lugbeing provided with a handlebutton, N. The usual spring, O, for pressing the cylinder longitudinally, is mounted on the shaft H, between the lug M and the end of the cylinder J. On the opposite end of the cylinder-shaft the wheel P is mounted, which is shown toothed, but need not necessarily be toothed, the teeth only serving to facilitate the subdivision of the cylinder. On'the inner face of said wheel P the usuall ratchet-wheel or cam, Q, is pivoted, which acts upon a pinion on the end of the cylinder for the purpose of shifting the cylinder longitudinally on its shaft to change the tune. 1

The wheel P is provided with ahandle-knob or button, R. That end of the shaft adjacent to the wheel P is pointed and adapted to pass into a notch or recess in the end ofthe sliding latch S, mounted to slide in a casing, T, provided in its top with au inclined slot, U, having a notch, V, at 011e end, through which slot a rod, a, passes, which projects from the sliding latch S, the said latch S being surrounded by a spring, b, which presses it to- On that end of the casing T adjacent to lthe'wheel P an open U-shaped bearing, m, is formed, the bottom of which is round and serves as a support for the cylinder-shaft and the outer end of the latch S.

The operation is as follows: Fig. 1 shows the cylinder in place in the boX. NVhen it is desired to remove the cylinder, the,rod c is moved in the direction of the arrow x', along the slot U, and then pushed into the notch V of the same, whereby the latch S is withdrawn and locked in place, and the spring Z is compressed. The left-hand end of the cylindershaft is thus disengaged from the latch, and the cylinder and its shaft can be lifted out by means of the buttons or knobs N and It. The new cylinder is now putin place, the lug M on the right-hand end of the cylinder passing into the notch L of the disk K, and the leftit carries the lug M around with it, and thus revolves the shaft and cylinder.

Having thus described inyinvention, Ielaini as new and desire to secure by Letters PatentM 1. In a n1usie-box, the combination, with a driving-gear, comb, cylinder, and cylindershal't, of a notched disk driven by the drivinggear, a handle-lug on the cylinder-shaft fitting in the notch of said disk, and a springlateh acting on the opposite end of the cylindershaft, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a inusiebox, the combination, with a driving-gear, comb, cylinder, and cylindershalt, of a fixed shaft, F, a tubular shaft, E, on the saine, the pinion D on the tubular shaft, the wheel G, carrying the notched disk K,and a springlatch acting on one end of the shaft, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 3o my invention I have signed my name in pres ence el' two subscribing witnesses.

, EUGENE TULLER. Witnesses:

G. Mon'rn'r, ll. G RAND. 

